Updates

Sign the petition: Mayor Tory and City Councillors are feeling pressure from Ford as he tries to takeover our subway. Now they need to hear from you. Tell them you oppose the takeover and that you want negotiations opened up to the public - not behind closed doors. Find out more.

This Friday, Ford's government is expected to make a major announcement on more cuts to education.PC Education Minister Lisa Thompson is expected to sneak in a major announcement to cut public education this week, while students are off school and parents are busy with March Break. Queen's Park needs to hear from you this week before their announcement Friday. Sign and share our petition.Find out more.

A new report examining the proposed 2019 City Budget was recently released.It shows that the new Toronto City Council is already falling behind on their election promises to reduce poverty and improve affordability in Toronto.Use our petition to send a message to the Mayor and your Councillor today. You can edit the message if you’d like! Find out more!

Take Action: Mayor Tory and city council must keep their promise to provide free menstrual products in city shelters, drop-ins, and respite centres. They vote this week. Use our website to take action on menstrual equity. Read more.

Patricia O’Connell, the Executive Director of Sistering, has been advocating and fighting for vulnerable communities and women for decades. Last week, she stood up to the Mayor and City Councillors to demand they invest more in affordable housing and shelters - that they do more to save lives. She gets into a heated exchange with a City Councillor who tries to pass off the responsibility. Patricia stands her ground and inspires all of us. See the full video here.

A network of advocates across the city working tirelessly to save the lives of people experiencing homelessness, are releasing three open letters. They are signed by hundreds of artists, academics, and prominent people from the business community, all joining together to call on Mayor Tory and City Council to vote to declare a State of Emergency on housing and homelessness at City Council this week. See the letters and full list here.

This Wednesday, January 30, Toronto City Council is debating whether or not they take action on our homelessness and housing crisis in Toronto.

With extreme cold warnings in place, a record number of people experiencing homelessness, an affordable housing crisis in our city, and an overflowing shelter system, it’s time Mayor Tory and Toronto City Council declared our homelessness and housing crisis a State of Emergency. Read more and take action.

On Monday morning, Mayor John Tory did a 14 minute interview with Matt Galloway on CBC’s Metro Morning. We transcribed the interview and highlighted how Mayor Tory could have stepped up for us, but didn’t. Read the full post here.

This is an exciting week in local politics! It is the beginning of the new term of city council and the school board. Councillors and trustees are being sworn in and decision-making processes are being set up!

At Progress Toronto, we are getting ready for the work ahead and we need your help!

We want to send you updates and actions that are most relevant to you — to let you know how your local councillor or trustee is voting on key issues and help you get in touch with them to advocate for a more progressive Toronto.

To do this, make sure you’re subscribed to our email list and with your postal code. With your postal code, we are able to determine what ward you live in and your councillor.

Vote before 8pm Today! Progress Toronto volunteers are calling and texting to get out the vote for progressive candidates in key school board and city council races across the city!

We’ve been running a strong and effective grassroots campaign that mobilized hundreds of volunteers in swing polls across Toronto, focused on unseating some of Toronto’s worst councillors and getting a dozen progressive candidates elected to the school board and city council.

I just got back from Giorgio Mammoliti's ward. Tonight I was with our incredible volunteers just north of Islington and Finch, working hard to unseat Mammoliti — one of Toronto's worst city councillors.

Big news! We have just released our 2018 Election Action Plan and we have only 18 days left to see it through! This summer, Doug Ford, threw our local elections into chaos and did his best to stop incredible progressive candidates across Toronto from getting elected. With your help, we fought back and mobilized tens of thousands of people across Toronto.

Toronto, ON - Despite the ongoing chaos Premier Doug Ford has created in Toronto, the election is little more than 30 days away and so is Toronto’s opportunity to elect Progressive Champions and unseat some of city council’s worst villains in key local races.

Today, Progress Toronto launched online surveys for candidates in the upcoming municipal election. One is for candidates for city council, and the other is for candidates for Toronto District School Board trustee. Both surveys ask questions about candidates’ commitment to tackling key issues at stake in building a progressive city.

The last 24 hours have been a rollercoaster! Yesterday morning we found out that we won the historic court case on Doug Ford’s Bill 5 — the bill that gerrymandered our wards and slashed Toronto City Council in half, right in the middle of our elections.